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Annotated 68000 Bibliography........................Bill Morgan

Here is a quick look at some of the books and articles about the 68000 that I have found to be helpful.

Another possible source of 68000 information is the newsletter "DTACK Grounded", published by Digital Acoustics, 1415 E. McFadden, Suite F, Santa Ana, CA 92705.  I've only seen one or two issues, back before I got interested in 68000, so I don't know exactly what they've been up to lately.  I'll be finding out soon and pass it on.  I might note that the issue I have (#7, Feb-Mar 1982) contains about 12 pages of more-or-less interesting gossip, and no code.  I don't know if that is typical.


Books:

68000 Assembly Language Programming.  Gerry Kane, Doug Hawkins & Lance Leventhal.  OSBORNE/McGraw-Hill, 1981.
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The Leventhal book.  Need I say more?  Recommended.
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The 68000:  Principles and Programming.  Leo. J. Scanlon.  Blacksburg/Sams, 1981.
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Tutorial.  Looks pretty good.  Recommended.
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MC68000 16-bit Microprocessor User's Manual, third edition.  Motorola/Prentice-Hall, 1982.
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Motorola's manual.  THE basic reference.  There is a fourth edition coming this year (1984).  There is also a Mostek version of this book, but the Motorola edition is better.
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MK68000 Microcomputer Programming Reference Guide.  Mostek Corp, 1981.
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A 42-page Quick Reference Card.  Isn't that a bit much?
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Programming the M68000.  Tim King and Brian Knight.  Addison-Wesley, 1983.
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Tutorial.  Looks very good.  Lots of examples, building up to a simple monitor/debugger.  Recommended.
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Articles:

Design Philosophy Behind Motorola's MC68000.  Thomas W. Starnes (of Motorola, Inc.)  Byte.  April-June, 1983 (3 parts).
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Very good.  Lives up to the title.  Recommended.
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68000 Instructions and Addressing Modes.  Joe Hootman.  Micro.  #'s 52,54-57,60-62 (8 parts).
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Summaries of the instruction set.  OK if you already have the stack of Micro back issues.
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An MC68000 Overview.  Joe Jelemensky & Tom Whiteside.  Micro.  #'s 52,54.
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Some good examples of the instructions at work.
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